Chapter 61: A Monster in the Lake!

  Finally arrived at the first destination, everyone's heart was filled with joy, treading on the soft earth, walking towards that small lake.

  The wetland was not a swamp, but the land was very soft, and one step would leave a deep footprint. Everyone approached the lake with caution, afraid of accidentally falling into the mud.

  "Look, there is..." Meng Xiaobao pointed to the center of the lake, somewhat excitedly saying to the crowd.

  In the center of the small lake, there is a raised piece of green land, only a few zhang wide. On it lies an old and rotten log, on which grow several deep green umbrella-shaped mushrooms. From afar, some unusual fragrance wafts over.

  "It's Bi Shui Ling Zhi!" exclaimed Xu Wanjun with delight.

  Bishui Lingzhi is a medicinal material for refining middle-grade Dan medicine, Cong Qi Dan. It likes to grow in places with water and has the effect of gathering and compressing the body's vital energy, making it a rare and precious herb.

  In the distance, there were actually five or six of them, and a few people couldn't help but feel a little excited. This was a rare medicinal herb that was hard to find outside.

  "Hey, you've actually run ahead of us?" Just as everyone was about to wade across to pick the spiritual grass, a somewhat discordant voice came from behind.

  Turning their heads, a small group of people walked out of the forest, led by a richly dressed dwarf, who was indeed a disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sect, and walked straight towards Xiao Yun and others.

  "Senior Brother Gao, look! It's a Bi Shui Ling Zhi!" one of the disciples exclaimed, pointing to the center of the small lake.

  That dwarf looked towards the center of the lake and his eyes were also filled with surprise, directly telling that disciple, "You, go pick some!"

  "Yes!"

  The disciple responded with a sound and went towards the lake as if he didn't see Xiao Yun and others.

  "Halt!"

  Xu Wanjun was the first to stand up and scolded the crowd of Liuyun Sect, "You're going too far! The Bishui Lingzhi was discovered by us first!"

  Gao Tianhen's face showed a hint of a smile. "You were the first to discover it, so it belongs to you? If you have the ability, then take it!"

  This dwarf is too arrogant! The Tianyin Sect people were all indignant, their faces turned extremely ugly, and two of them even took out their swords, wanting to teach this dwarf a lesson.

  Gao Tian's face twisted into a smile, his right hand lightly raised, and a small golden sword appeared, spinning around his palm with a soft whirring sound.

  "Be careful, it's Lebao!"

  Xiao Yun recognized the small sword at a glance, which was exactly the Le Bao Du Jin Sword that Gao Tian Hen had snatched away back then.

  "Le Bao?"

  Everyone was shocked in their hearts. Le Bao could barely control it with his musician's realm, and using it forcibly with a craftsman's realm would result in a huge consumption of Haqi.

  Gao Tian's eyes narrowed as he gazed at Xiao Yun with a hint of surprise, as if only now recognizing him. A faint smile played on his lips, and with a swift motion, his right hand pointed directly at Xiao Yun. The Poisonous Golden Sword transformed into a streak of light, shooting straight towards Xiao Yun.

  Xiao Yun had long been on guard, and the moment Gao Tian's hand was raised, he immediately displayed his body technique, dodging to the side. The Poisonous Golden Sword whizzed past his face, and Xiao Yun could even feel a wave of heat.

  Everyone knew how formidable Le Bao was and they all dodged to the side, the Poisonous Golden Sword circled around and returned to Gao Tian Hen's hand.

  Gao Tianhen smiled and gave a signal to the disciple, who had been blocked by the obstacle in front of him. The obstacle was already retreating under the pressure of Gao Tianhen's poisonous golden sword. The disciple understood and immediately walked to the lake shore, stomped his right foot on the shore, and jumped towards the center of the lake.

  The Tianyin Sect members saw this scene, although they were all gritting their teeth, but no one dared to rashly intervene, otherwise if they suffered from Gao Tianhen's sneak attack, it would be a loss. Lebao's power was not something they could afford to trifle with, and risking their lives for just a few stalks of spiritual grass was not worth it. Although they were unwilling, they had no choice but to give up.

  Those few stalks of green water lingzhi grew in a place only ten or so meters away from the shore, and that disciple was an expert in the Joyful Labor Boundary, for whom a distance of ten or so meters was merely a single leap.

  "Roar!"

  The disciple had just flown into the air when the lake water suddenly exploded, and a huge shadow burst out of the lake, sending up a sky full of water droplets. Before everyone could react, they saw a gigantic monster with its mouth wide open, directly biting down on the disciple in mid-air and dragging him underwater.

  "Wow!"

  Splashing water everywhere, blood quickly spread across the surface of the lake.

  "Crocodile?"

  Xiao Yun was stunned, that monster had a cyan-colored armor-like skin all over its body, it was clearly a gigantic crocodile.

  "There is a monster in the lake!"

  It was unclear who exclaimed, but the crowd retreated in unison, moving away from the lake's edge, including Gao Tianhen, who was also shocked by what he saw.

  The disciple of Liuyun Sect didn't even have time to cry for help, and the lake surface quickly returned to calmness, with only a thread of deep red blood slowly spreading in the water.

  Xiao Yun and others secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately they didn't rush to pick the spiritual grass, otherwise one of them would have just died.

  Xiao Yun had heard from Mu Tian'en before that the surroundings of high-quality spiritual grass and immortal seeds were guarded by demonic beasts. Now it seems to be true, the crocodile in the water is probably at the level of a third-order demonic beast, and the lake's turbid water doesn't know how many crocodiles are hidden inside.

  "Bastard!"

  Coming back to his senses, Gao Tian was somewhat enraged and walked directly to the lake's edge, shooting the Poisonous Golden Sword into the lake.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  Explosions erupted one after another, the Poisonous Golden Sword danced wildly in the small lake, splashing up waves of water. The already murky lake water became even murkier. Right before his eyes, he had gotten one of his own men killed. It was imaginable how furious Gao Tian was.

  The Tianyin Sect members tactfully moved to one side, lest they be mistakenly injured by Gao Tianhen. The Poisonous Golden Sword flew back into Gao Tianhen's hand, and as he gazed out at the rippling lake surface, his anger slightly subsided, although his complexion appeared somewhat pale. Yu Shi Lebao approached him with an explanation that seemed to require some effort.

  The splashing lake water fell on the surface of the lake, and the ripples were endless, but there was no sign of the alligator that had just appeared, nor did I know if it had been killed by the poisonous golden sword.

  "Hmmph!"

  After catching his breath, Gao Tian Han let out a cold hum and directly jumped towards the center of the lake. This time, the crocodile didn't know if it was full or killed by the Poisonous Golden Sword, but it didn't appear again.

  Gao Tian hated picking Ganoderma lucidum and jumped back to the shore again.

  "Roar!"

  Another roar, the lake surface exploded, and the big alligator that had just appeared rushed into the sky, opening its bloody mouth to bite towards the high sky. The high sky was already on guard, and with a wave of his right hand, the poisonous golden sword flew out of his hand, transforming into a flowing light that shot into the big alligator's mouth.

  The alligator let out a pained bellow, its jaws closing instantly, and its surging body suddenly stopped, with a loud crash, it fell over on its back and plunged into the water, creating a huge splash on the lake surface.

  Whoosh!

  The poisonous golden sword shot out from the belly of the giant alligator and returned to Gao Tianhen's hand. At this moment, Gao Tianhen was standing firmly on the shore, turned around and looked into the lake, only to see a snow-white belly, the alligator had died beyond recognition.

  "Awesome, Older Brother Gao!"

  "Unexpectedly killed a third-tier demon beast with one move, Senior Gao, junior is impressed!"

  ……

  Liuyun Zong's people immediately swarmed over, their mouths full of flattering words, as if they had already forgotten the disciple who was just eaten by the crocodile.

  Such flattery seemed to have gotten Gao Tianhen used to it, and he directly ordered two of his disciples, "You two, go get that demon beast's corpse up here."

  "Huh?"

  Those two disciples were stunned on the spot. Although that demon beast was killed, who knew if there were other demon beasts in the water?

  "Hurry up and go? Cut open its belly, take out the corpse of Chai Shidi and bury it." Gao Tian's eyes glared with a hint of majesty. The corpse of that demon beast was a good thing, especially that armor-like skin, which would be perfect for refining battle robes.

  "Yes!"

  Under the majestic and awe-inspiring gaze of Gao Tianyan, the two disciples had no choice but to take a risk and enter the lake.

  "Hmmph!"

  Turning his face towards the Tianyin Sect crowd, Gao Tian's cold hum was filled with disdain.